White Chocolate Pistachio Crunch Cookies

This is an an old recipe which I dusted off and revised. Note the detail? And I’ve added metric! If you notice any glaring errors, please let me know since I’m not a pro but rather a batty housewife posting recipes in her spare time. And I’m going to try to use that spare time to add metric to ALL recipes here. Or at least the ones that are worthy — the plan is to start with the best and go from there so if a cookie has metric with it, you’ll know it’s a favorite.

But back to this cookie, the recent addition was white chocolate, but you’ll still have an excellent cookie if you leave it out. For the pistachios, I used salted kernels because I liked the salty pistachios with the sweet coconut, but unsalted pistachios will work too.

2. Combine pistachios and oats in food processor and process until pistachios are ground and mixture looks coarse. Add corn flakes and coconut and pulse processor about 20 times or until mixture is fairly uniform but there are still some flecks of corn flakes. Set aside.

3. Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside

4. Beat butter and both sugars using high speed of an electric mixer just until creamy; add egg and vanilla and beat for another 30 seconds, then beat in oil. Add flour mixture and stir by hand until it is almost mixed in; add pistachio/corn flake mixture and white chocolate and stir until mixture is fully blended.

5. Using a tablespoon measure, scoop up tablespoons of dough and roll into 1 inch (25 grams each) balls. Press the balls lightly to make ½ inch thick rounds and place on parchment lined cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.

Oh, these sound fabulous! I love the idea of a salty pistachio with sweet coconut and white chocolate. And the texture sounds just fabulous as well! Can’t wait to try these. Moving them to my “to bake” list!